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Dear Miss Lake
The Wartime Chronicles (Related to this series)
- Author
- AJ Pearce
- Narrator
- Anna Popplewell
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Publish Date
- 3 July 2025
- Run Time
- 9 hours 57 minutes
- Format
- Audiobook
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What to expect
Exquisitely narrated by Anna Popplewell (The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe)
‘It’s hard to accept that this is the end of the Emmy Lake series, but if there has to be an end, let it be this one: Dear Miss Lake. Sheer joy!’ - Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry
‘Touching, funny and emotional, it’s the perfect escape and really should be prescribed as a national tonic’ - Jill Mansell, author of An Almost Perfect Summer
From the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Dear Mrs Bird, AJ Pearce’s Dear Miss Lake returns us to wartime London, where Emmy Lake is facing her greatest challenge yet . . .
England, July 1944.
After nearly five years of war the nation is weary, and the readers of Woman’s Friend need agony aunt Emmy Lake more than ever. With London under attack from the doodlebugs, the magazine decamps to the countryside, determined to keep helping the women of Britain and give hope to readers feeling powerless in the face of desperate news.
With husband Charles now posted closer to home, and best friend Bunty at her side, Emmy throws herself into rural life, juggling children, competitive knitters and plans for a very important wedding. And then a phone call comes that means she may finally have the chance to become the war correspondent she always dreamed of being.
But disaster strikes, and suddenly Emmy is faced with her biggest challenge yet. Because when your own heart is breaking, how do you help everyone else?
Joyful, moving and uplifting, Dear Miss Lake is the perfect story of the power of friendship and love.
‘Inspiring and spirited, charming, touching and funny. If ever there was a perfect book, this was it for me. Love, love, loved it beyond words’ - Milly Johnson, author of The Queen of Wishful Thinking
‘The world AJ Pearce writes is cheerful and charming and full of wit’ - Katie Fforde, author of From London With Love
‘Love and laughter for everyone . . . perfect, heart-warming’ - Sally Page, author of The Keeper of Stories
READERS LOVE DEAR MISS LAKE!
‘Absolutely brilliant!’ *****
‘A joy – tears and laughter – from start to finish’ *****
‘Like getting together with an old friend that you love . . . I was entertained, happy, sad and gripped’ *****
‘Engaging, funny, and at time emotional . . . I’m not ready to say goodbye’ *****
‘Had me laughing out loud . . . an absolute must’ *****
‘I’ve come to adore these characters’ *****
‘I enjoyed it immensely’ *****
Critics Review
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It’s hard to accept that this is the end of the Emmy Lake series, but if there has to be an end, let it be this one: Dear Miss Lake. Sheer joy!
Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry
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The world AJ Pearce writes is cheerful and charming and full of wit, but she doesn’t avoid the hardship and the tragedy of wartime. Her books are ultimately uplifting, even if we have cried a lot while reading them!
Katie Fforde, author of From London With Love
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A celebration of courage in all its forms . . . I bit my nails, cried and cheered as I read. These plucky, loving characters have become my true friends
Julie Mae Cohen, author of Bad Men
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There'll be love and laughter for everyone reading Dear Miss Lake, just you wait and see! AJ Pearce's war time series is destined to become a cherished classic. Dear Miss Lake was the perfect, heart-warming ending
Sally Page, bestselling author of The Keeper of Stories
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Inspiring and spirited, charming, touching and funny. If ever there was a perfect book, this was it for me. Love, love, loved it beyond words
Milly Johnson, author of The Queen of Wishful Thinking
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What a fabulous, funny, emotive and tugging-at-the-heart-strings book. I loved it
Jo Thomas, author of The Oyster Catcher
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The characters in Dear Miss Lake captured my heart. They are such lovely people, with such a bright, courageous, compassionate outlook on life - it's the reading equivalent of curling up with a mug of tea and a friend to chat to
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Good hearted, touching, funny and emotional, it’s the perfect escape and really should be prescribed as a national tonic
Jill Mansell, author of An Almost Perfect Summer
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A wonderful, warm and engaging story of wartime life
Margaret Dickinson, author of Plough the Furrow
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Details
- Author
- AJ Pearce
- Narrator
- Anna Popplewell
- Duration
- 9 hours 57 minutes
- Release Date
- 3 July 2025
- ISBN
- 9781035000876
- Format
- Audiobook
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Historical romance, Narrative theme: love / relationships, Narrative theme: death, grief, loss
Synopsis
Exquisitely narrated by Anna Popplewell (The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe)‘It’s hard to accept that this is the end of the Emmy Lake series, but if there has to be an end, let it be this one: Dear Miss Lake. Sheer joy!’ - Bonnie Garmus, author of Lessons in Chemistry‘Touching, funny and emotional, it’s the perfect escape and really should be prescribed as a national tonic’ - Jill Mansell, author of An Almost Perfect SummerFrom the author of the Sunday Times bestseller Dear Mrs Bird, AJ Pearce’s Dear Miss Lake returns us to wartime London, where Emmy Lake is facing her greatest challenge yet . . .England, July 1944.After nearly five years of war the nation is weary, and the readers of Woman’s Friend need agony aunt Emmy Lake more than ever. With London under attack from the doodlebugs, the magazine decamps to the countryside, determined to keep helping the women of Britain and give hope to readers feeling powerless in the face of desperate news.With husband Charles now posted closer to home, and best friend Bunty at her side, Emmy throws herself into rural life, juggling children, competitive knitters and plans for a very important wedding. And then a phone call comes that means she may finally have the chance to become the war correspondent she always dreamed of being.But disaster strikes, and suddenly Emmy is faced with her biggest challenge yet. Because when your own heart is breaking, how do you help everyone else?Joyful, moving and uplifting, Dear Miss Lake is the perfect story of the power of friendship and love.‘Inspiring and spirited, charming, touching and funny. If ever there was a perfect book, this was it for me. Love, love, loved it beyond words’ - Milly Johnson, author of The Queen of Wishful Thinking‘The world AJ Pearce writes is cheerful and charming and full of wit’ - Katie Fforde, author of From London With Love‘Love and laughter for everyone . . . perfect, heart-warming’ - Sally Page, author of The Keeper of StoriesREADERS LOVE DEAR MISS LAKE!‘Absolutely brilliant!’ *****‘A joy – tears and laughter – from start to finish’ *****‘Like getting together with an old friend that you love . . . I was entertained, happy, sad and gripped’ *****‘Engaging, funny, and at time emotional . . . I’m not ready to say goodbye’ *****‘Had me laughing out loud . . . an absolute must’ *****‘I’ve come to adore these characters’ *****‘I enjoyed it immensely’ *****
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